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After Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: A man stands on a foundation among the debris of the aftermath of a powder explosion. Around the man are pieces of corrugated metal, machinery and wood. In...
Photograph

Hole in Ground

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: View looking down of a man standing among rubble and other debris at the bottom of a "300 ft. by 150 ft." hole in the ground from a powder explosion.
Print

Dynamiters

Date: 05 11 1938
Description: Lithograph of two men using dynamite to break rock. One man is prying at a crevasse with a pole.
Photograph

Clean Up of Ruined Kellor Store

Date: 09 25 1960
Description: Neighbors help clean up the rubble at the site of Kellor's store and garage on Highway 14 (Oregon Road) in the Lakeview district 8 miles south of Madison. ...
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Ruined Kellor's Grocery Store and Garage

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: The Kellor's Grocery Store and Garage on Highway 14 (Oregon Road) in the Lakeview district 8 miles south of Madison was demolished September 19 by a blast ...
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Ruined Kellor Store

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: Carroll Kellor, right, talks to Oregon Fire Chief Norman Champion after escaping from the rubble of his explosion-wrecked store on Highway 14 (Oregon Road)...
Postcard

The Result of a Boiler Explosion

Date: 03 17 1908
Description: Photographic postcard showing the results of a boiler explosion at the Kempf Planing Mill. Written on the left is text that reads: "Kempf Planing Mill, 3 K...
Photograph

Chinese National Marines Training

Date: 1959
Description: Chinese National marine crawls on his stomach beneath barbed wire in an infiltration training course in Formosa. Another man is on the right. The course in...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1983
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of three fisherman, Clyde (Bud) Chamberlain with his creel, Stan Hamre, who has fallen backward into the water, and Carl Vo...
Photograph

Mount Lovcen

Date: 
Description: Workers repairing a stone viaduct that had been demolished. View of the site of the explosion and the serpentine road.
Photograph

Paint Blast at Pyramid Motors

Date: 09 29 1957
Description: Coroner Michael Malloy standing inside the blast-damaged Pyramid Motors garage at 434 West Gilman street and pointing at a paint can and hot plate that cau...
Photograph

TD-9 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of man driving TD-9. Subject: "TD-9 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Brod., Houston, T...
Photograph

TD-9 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-9 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and ...
Photograph

TD-9 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and...
Photograph

Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill...
Photograph

Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw...
Photograph

Explosion Kills Couple

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ...
Photograph

Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolished the Kellor's store and garage near Oregon. The blast was thought to be caused by a leak in the underground gasoline storage tank...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Oregon firemen and neighbors are shown trying to salvage shoes that were part of the ...

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